"When I go to a restaurant and see Stölzle, I know I'm going to receive a great meal and great wine. It's just going to be the top experience for me. We've had the distinct pleasure of working with Stölzle since we initially started the Charleston Food + Wine Festival four years ago, and they have provided all of our glassware for our events over the last couple of years, which has been the greatest product we've been able to showcase. Stölzle glassware is just the best of the best--It's just so beautiful and elegant."

Overview

Stölzle is an international German glassware manufacturing company. Stölzle creates crystal drinking glasses for the restaurant, hotel and retail sector . We ensure that our product maximizes the full potential, flavor and aroma of each individual drink. The professional design and hi-tech production guarantee optimum performance durability and elegance.

For over 200 years, Stölzle has been recognized as Europe's leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of high-quality, 100% lead free crystal glassware for the foodservice and retail market. While Stölzle is very proud of its long European and international history and tradition, we continually seek to develop innovative new shapes and designs. Our six factories are the most economical and environmentally advanced factories in Europe. We like to say that we are in the wine business and glassware is our medium.

Stölzle's Eco-Friendly Production Advantage:
Our lead-free crystal has a higher clarity, more brilliance, and is environmentally safer when compared to glass that contains lead. The lead-free crystal glass overall is a harder product and when produced correctly is very strong. We've been producing lead-free crystal glassware for our entire 200 year history, so we know how to best finish the product.

We produce many of our lines with "pulled stem" technology. For a "pulled stem" the factory machines blow the molten glass into the mold, the stem is then pulled from the bowl to create one solid piece bowl and stem. Then the foot plate is attached and fire melted to give the overall appearance of a single piece.

The containers in which Stölzle's products are packaged are also "green." The RESY System is a German system that provides a facility for reclaiming and recycling used paper and corrugated board shipping containers